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Auto-apply job tools for India, compared
Six products, what each one publishes about itself, and the question the pricing pages avoid: which Indian job boards does it really reach?
Disclosure: we build ApplySarthi. Competitor information below was read from each product’s own public pages on 18 September 2026, and is linked so you can check it. Where a price is not published publicly we say so rather than repeat a figure we could not verify. This page is not a hands-on benchmark of the other products.
The comparison
| Product | Published price | Presses submit? | Reaches Naukri / Shine / Internshala? |
|---|---|---|---|
| ApplySarthi | Always free; first tailored CV free, then your own Gemini key | No, unless you switch Autopilot on | Yes — plus Foundit, Wellfound, LinkedIn, Indeed |
| LazyApply | $99, $149 or $999 a year | Yes, by design | No — Greenhouse, Dice, Indeed, ZipRecruiter |
| Simplify | Free tier; Simplify+ price not published publicly | No — autofill only | Not stated; positions itself around company career sites |
| LoopCV | From €9.99 a month | Yes, and sends follow-up email | Not stated; “30+ job boards” is not itemised |
| Jobright AI | Not published on a public page | Autofill, with an agent on paid tiers | No — United States focus |
| AIApply | Not published; auto-apply sold as credit packs | Yes, on credits | Not stated |
Every figure above was read from the product’s own site on 18 September 2026 and is linked on that product’s page below. Where a company does not publish prices publicly we have written “not published” rather than repeat a third-party number we could not confirm. Features change; check the current page before paying.
The column that decides it for most people in India
Price is the column everyone reads first and the one that matters least here, because the products are not covering the same market. Of the 60,975 open jobs ApplySarthi is currently tracking, Naukri, Shine and Internshala together hold more than Greenhouse does. A tool whose board list is Greenhouse, Dice, Indeed and ZipRecruiter is a good tool aimed somewhere else.
The reason is technical rather than commercial, and it is covered in the category guide: Naukri and Foundit refuse plain HTTP requests and headless browsers, so reaching them requires driving a real browser window. Products built to run on a server cannot do it at all.
The other column worth reading twice
“Presses submit” splits the six into two genuinely different products. LazyApply, LoopCV and AIApply send applications for you; that is the feature. Simplify and ApplySarthi fill the form and stop. Jobright sits in between.
Neither is wrong, but they fail differently. A tool that submits for you fails by sending something you would not have sent. A tool that stops fails by being slower. Decide which failure you can live with before you compare prices, because after that the choice makes itself.
Read each one in full
- ApplySarthi vs LazyApply — the volume case, and what 1,500 a day means
- ApplySarthi vs Simplify — the closest in philosophy; different coverage
- ApplySarthi vs LoopCV — auto-apply plus employer follow-up email
- ApplySarthi vs Jobright AI — strong matching, United States market
- ApplySarthi vs AIApply — a whole suite, sold on credits
What we did not test
We have not run the other five products against a controlled set of applications, measured their response rates, or verified their behaviour on Indian sites ourselves. Everything above is what each company publishes. A blank in a row means we could not confirm it from a public page, not that the feature is missing. If you are choosing between two of these, sign up for both free tiers and apply to the same five jobs through each.
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Questions people ask
Which auto-apply tool is best for jobs in India?
For Indian job boards specifically, the deciding question is whether the tool reaches Naukri, Foundit, Shine and Internshala, and most of the internationally marketed tools do not. ApplySarthi covers those alongside 754 company career boards and is always free. If you are applying mainly to United States roles, the comparison changes entirely and Jobright or Simplify may suit you better.
Is there a free auto-apply tool?
Simplify’s autofill tier is free and LoopCV has a free plan. ApplySarthi is always free, and there is no paid plan. Browsing jobs and your first tailored CV need no key; further tailoring uses your own Google Gemini API key, which Google issues at no cost.
Do any of these work on Naukri?
Of the six compared here, ApplySarthi is the one that states Naukri coverage explicitly. Naukri blocks plain HTTP requests and headless browsers, so a product has to drive a real browser window to reach it, and most do not. Treat an unitemised claim of "30+ job boards" as not including Naukri unless the company names it.
Will paying more get me more interviews?
Nothing in these products changes whether you fit a role. What they change is how many roles you reach and how well each application is aimed. Spending more on a higher daily submission limit buys volume, which is the part of the equation least connected to getting a call back.
Try the one built for Indian boards
ApplySarthi covers Naukri, Foundit, Shine, Internshala, Wellfound, LinkedIn and Indeed alongside 754 company career boards. Always free.
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